Improved lasting-tool



N. PETERS. PIWTO-LITNOGWHER. WASHINGTON D C,

a i@ #wat @tout FREDRICK HENDERSON, OF MARIETTA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIM SELF AND ISAAC ATKINSON.

Letters Patent No. 88,958, dated April 13, 1869.

IMPROVED LASTING-TOOL.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDRICK HENDERSON, of Marietta, in the county of Washington, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lasting-Tool; and I do hereby declare that theJ following is a full and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to an improved shoemakers tool for lasting boots and shoes, (ball, toe, and shank,) and consists, mainly, in providing the end of the arm of the upper jaw of the pinccrs with a roller, which moves when the tool is operated in a curving slot in one of the handles, by means of which arrangement, the tool may be used as ordinary pincers are, or for the more dilicult operation of shank-lasting.

The details of construction and manner of operation 'will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings- Figure l is a longitudinal central section of my invention; and

Figure 2, a side elevation ofthe same.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe fully its construction and operation.

A B represent the handles ofthe tool, which, in general form, resemble those of ordinary pincers. These are pivoted at l), as shown, the handle B passing through handle A, in the usual manner. 'Ihe forward end of handle A, however, instead of terminatingin a jaw, as usual, is provided with the hammer-head a, in which is the curving slot o. It will also be observed, that its extreme end, at ai, is inclined and curving, the purpose of which will he fully explained hereinafter.

The handle B has pivoted to its forward end the lower jaw O, beneath which is located the spring c, as shown.

D represents the upper jaw of the pincers, which is pivoted to jaw G at d, as shown. The arm of ,this jaw is bent at right angles and bifurcated between its ends is placed theroller E, which moves in t-he slot al.

The operation is as follows:

When it is desired to use the tool for drawing the leather to the proper place on the last for the ball or toe, the leather is first caught in the pincer-jaws, then, by bringing the handles together near enough to run the roller up the slot nearly to its end, and by placing the hammerhead upon the last and pressing down, the leather may be brought to its proper' place.

For shank-lasting, the operation is different.

The leather is iirst caught, as before, but the curving inclined part ai of the tool, is placed on the opposite side of the last; then, by pressing down and griping the handles at the same time, the leather is easily brought to its proper place.

By the construction and arrangement herein described, a combined t-ool is obtained, with which better results can be produced than by the usual tools used separately.

Having thus fully describedmy invention,

What I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

The tool described, consisting, essentially, ofthe handles A B, and jaws C D, when constructed and combined as described, for thc purpose set forth.

'lhis specification signed and witnessed, this 2d day of March, 1869.

Vitnesses: FREDRIGK HENDERSON.

HENRY BoHL, G. B. WEST. 

